Parallel (Four Tet album)

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Parallel
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Studio album by
Released25 December 2020 (2020-12-25)
Genre Ambient house [1]
Length70:14
Label Text
Producer Kieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
Sixteen Oceans
(2020)
Parallel
(2020)
Three
(2024)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [3]

Parallel is the eleventh studio album by British electronic musician Four Tet, released on 25 December 2020 by Text Records. [3] [2] It was released the day after 871 , issued under Hebden's 00110100 01010100 alias, which collects material produced from 1995 to 1997. [3] Several tracks on the album had been previously released by Four Tet on Bandcamp, Apple Music, and Spotify under the alternate alias of ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kieran Hebden

No.TitleLength
1."Parallel 1"26:46
2."Parallel 2"6:04
3."Parallel 3"0:48
4."Parallel 4"4:47
5."Parallel 5"0:53
6."Parallel 6"5:06
7."Parallel 7"5:43
8."Parallel 8"6:21
9."Parallel 9"7:15
10."Parallel 10"6:31
Total length:70:14

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References

  1. Staff (29 December 2020). "Parallel From Four Tet is Ambient House Sorcery". Closed Captioned. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Damien (17 January 2021). "Four Tet: 871/Parallel review – chaotic ambition with bells on". The Observer . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sherburne, Philip (14 January 2021). "Four Tet: Parallel / 871 Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 January 2021.